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The Naziri Family
Private Collection

A lifetime of curation

Collection Highlights Feb. 23, 2024
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The Naziri Family Private Collection was built by Mohammad Naziri and his wife Lila over the span of five decades spent sourcing rugs from the remote corners of southern Persia.

Showcasing the rich cultural history of the regions, this rug collection was carefully curated by the Naziri family for their parallels to 20th-century modern art movements.

The Naziri Family

Lila Naziri with her son, Shayan.

The Naziri family sourced rugs from the nomadic Qashqai tribes of southern Persia, where they travelled throughout, building their collection over the span of 50 years.

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Woven with sentiment by nomadic Qashqai tribes, these rugs were exchanged within the tribes as tokens of affection that hold the stories of romantic love and familial bonds.

Like small, rare jewels,
the rugs feature vibrant
           colours, symbolic
           motifs and patterns”

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Woven in the 1920s through 1940s, the rugs were curated by the Naziri family for their parallels to 20th-century modern art movements.

Jamie Metrick of Elte met with the Naziri family in Germany to look at the collection.

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Like small, rare jewels, these rugs feature vibrant colours, symbolic motifs and patterns that resonate with the spirit of contemporary artistic expression.

Jamie Metrick looking at the collection with Lila Naziri and her son, Shayan.

Every rug is personal,
like a journal entry
                  of the weaver. ”

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A 2020 exhibition featuring rugs from the Naziri’s private collection.

A 2018 exhibition featuring rugs from the Naziri’s private collection.

Primarily exhibited and traded to international art dealers and collectors, Elte is honoured to offer one of the greatest private collections in the world.

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